Emile Zola Quotes
One must be arrogant, indeed, to imagine that one can take everything in one's hand and know everything!
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
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The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.
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If I'm having relentless thoughts, I just won't shut up in my head. I know that if I put myself on the mat and just focus on a flow that I will transmute or I will transform, transfer the energy into some other act or put my attention somewhere else, I'll be back. I'll feel stronger not only in my body but most certainly in my brain.
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The baby boom is about to become a patient boom.
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My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences.
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I say to you: Make perfect your will. / I say: take no thought of the harvest, / But only of proper sowing.
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Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.
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One must be arrogant, indeed, to imagine that one can take everything in one's hand and know everything!
